He's been there for several months. I know he overwintered in my greenhouse. Today I realized he has a hot wife. Bright blue tail. If I was a bird I would definitely try to eat her. I sat and watched them for an hour. They are very interesting creatures. I don't mind them much. They are colorful and eat loathsome insects. They will probably lay eggs soon. I wouldn't mind starting a lizard ranch.

I wanted to ID the species of this lizard. Google brought up UGA's reptile website. After looking around, I am confident they're in the genus Eumeces. As for which species, my best guess would be Eumeces laticpes.


This is a male. Very distinctive burnt orange head.


This is a female.

cools. Don't think I've actually seen lizard eggs before, for some reason.

I used to have a chameleon. He died, but was fairly entertaining for a while.

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lol. I haven't seen that version before.

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Aww lizards. cute

There are too many lizards in florida, they dont even move out of your way it sucks having to scrap them off your shoe...

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Originally posted by chach There are too many lizards in florida, they dont even move out of your way it sucks having to scrap them off your shoe...

lol my gf's cat loves to torture the little lizards, it would like pick up the lizard with its mouth, bite it just a little, let it go, then torment the poor little lizard while its trying to run away

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looks like some sort of skink

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Originally posted by Sunsnail He's been there for several months. I know he overwintered in my greenhouse. Today I realized he has a hot wife. Bright blue tail. If I was a bird I would definitely try to eat her. I sat and watched them for an hour. They are very interesting creatures. I don't mind them much. They are colorful and eat loathsome insects. They will probably lay eggs soon. I wouldn't mind starting a lizard ranch. I wanted to ID the species of this lizard. Google brought up UGA's reptile website. After looking around, I am confident they're in the genus Eumeces. As for which species, my best guess would be Eumeces laticpes. This is a male. Very distinctive burnt orange head. This is a female.

Be careful handling them like that. Depending on what kind of lizard/skink they are, their tales may disconnect as a defense to something grabbing it like that.

Cool looking though Good find.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Be careful handling them like that. Depending on what kind of lizard/skink they are, their tales may disconnect as a defense to something grabbing it like that. Cool looking though Good find.

aren't some type of skinks poisonous, like the striped ones...?

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im so scared of lizards
that first pic gave me the heeby-jeebies

My grandmother was really scared of them as a little kid. My uncle got a small lizard and he snuck up behind her and put it down her dress. She was so scared that she couldn't move so she just stood there and screamed.

I think my uncle got a good beating for it.